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Old Oct 28, 2015, 11:05 AM
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if you feel you might be autistic you need to see a specialist in ASD in adults [if possible],otherwise you might get wrongly diagnosed either way by a general therapist.
if you were aspie,you woud have life long social issues [some people refer to aspergers as social dyslexia],you woud have sensory issues,you woud be very factual and have a thirst for knowledge. flat affect was once a symptom but it isnt anymore-thats schizophrenia;its recognised aspies dont have missing emotions,they just dont recognise them very easily.
you woud have trouble understanding sarcasm and jokes but as an adult you might have learnt to understand.
commonly,aspies have a monotone voice-think daria [the old cartoon daria] for example,they may have some echolalia [repeating phrases said by others,such as on tv].
aspies are routine led and may be very obsessive and anxious about it.
aspies may have challenging behavior and more commonly experience meltdowns when they cant cope,shutdowns when they cant cope and sensory overload when their environment is to much for their sensory system.
aspies have commonly been special school educated without having the asperger diagnosis,they tend to be the people who have challenging behavior, meltdowns, shutdowns etc and very acute 'high functioning' autism behaviors.

i am like you-i have very screwed up emotions, and no desire for human connection, but im diagnosed with severe classic autism and have a very different perception of humans,i appear more moderate than severe now though as i am more verbal.
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